Protective covering consisting of a metal part that covers the engine. Synonyms:bonnet, cowl, hood."The mechanic removed the cowling in order to repair the plane's engine"
... instant a tall, pointed flame, rose up from a thick cloud of smoke. Ere another minute had elapsed, similar fires shot up to the right and the left, on the high lands of Trawden Forest, on the jagged points of Foulridge, on the summit of Cowling Hill, and so on to Skipton. Other fires again blazed on the towers of Clithero, on Longridge and Ribchester, on the woody eminences of Bowland, on Wolf Crag, and on fell and scar all the way to Lancaster. It seemed the work of enchantment, so suddenly and so strangely ... — The Lancashire Witches - A Romance of Pendle Forest • William Harrison Ainsworth
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